Travel Blogs from East Indonesia, Indonesia

Last nights crossing the equator ceremony was interesting. Due to it being a formal night and our late dinner time, we both missed the main part of the ceremony. When we arrived, all that was happening was people throwing food at each other. Due to how ...

... life on board, I’d slowly returned to almost normal, but back on dry land I felt a bit strange once more. I spent a day in town, watching football and the life in the harbour, before flying back to Bali for my final week in Indonesia, and ...

Komodo National Park We left behind the isolated peaceful villages of West Timor and flew into the bustling port town of Labuan Bajo in Flores to explore the Komodo National Park. We left the next morning on a boat with 6 others. We sailed past beautiful ...

After spending a night in Batu (after driving for more than 12 hours from straight from Kuta, Bali), we were ready to continue driving to Jakarta (the next 24 hours). During the trip, we stop by to see Coban Rondo Waterfall. The place is located around ...

... , bbq flavoured cheese singles and a lot of doxycycline pills but we made it to the summit of Mount Semeru, the highest volcano in Java, Indonesia. I am aware this blog may be a bit long and you don't care what we ate but that's what the last 12 hours ...

... 22 miles long and 9 miles across. It is one of the 17,508 islands that make up the “Republic of Indonesia”. Approaching you see steep hillsides of golden grasses sliding down into turquoise bays of clear glass waters and white sand beaches. ...

Once again it's a very early start as we fly at 7:00 am from Ende to Labuan Bajo. We are met at arrivals by our driver who takes us to the hotel to drop off our luggage and collect a picnic breakfast. We head to the port and board our ...

Early in the morning we hopped on a bus that took us from Senggigi across to the east coast of Lombok but on the way we made a few stops. We stopped at a village where they make pottery, and saw a woman make a pot - it was not her first based on her speed ...

... to talk to Roy, our local travel stall ownerm who guaranteed that they dived the Komodo Islands (supposedly fantastic) from his hometown in Indonesia and that it was much much cheaper from over there.
We stumped up the cash for the short 1hr flight to ...

I miss my sports. I wish i was in to something that didn't require a lot of specialized equipment to do. Jytte, Christy, and Amber make me feel like I am not an active person. But I know that I am- I just don't enjoy running. And no one seems to get that ...

We went down to the beach for the last time this morning. I drove the scooter all by myself!!!! It was very quiet this morning and we were actually able to wear our bikinis. We didn't get creeped on until the very end- I think we attract so much ...

Today was the first real day of cycling at 82 miles. We were told it was an easy day but 4500 feet of climbing did not feel easy when the temps reached over 100 degrees. The morning flew by. It was nice and cool and the scenery was amazing as we ...

The surf is FLAT today – or at least as flat as it gets around here. Maybe there's a chest high wave on Sunset Lefts, the big left a half-mile out to sea. But I wasn’t desperate to surf, and figured I’d hit Marosi beach with my camera ...

... into the car with the other Canadians, had our luggage strapped to the roof racks by strings, and started the drive to Ende. Everyone in Indonesia has been so helpful, and even in the 4 hour long car ride to Ende, this held true. I was trying to take a ...

... Whenever I told anyone I was from Canada and was traveling across Flores, they insisted that I go to Ruteng, a small city four hours East of Labuanbajo. “Is very cold there! You like!” Well, I don't know about very cold, but ...

FINALLY GOT TO DO SOME DIVING AND MORE SNORKELLING THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. AND OF COURSE SINCE I USE ALOT OF AIR WHEN I DIVE I USUALLY COME UP BEFORE ANYONE ELSE AND AFTER I CAME UP EVERYONE ELSE SAW A BANDED SEA KRAIT. I HAVE 2 MORE DIVES TODAY BEFORE ...

Last weekend a bunch of us Bules ('albinos' or 'foreigners') headed down to Java's south coast (a town called Palabuhan Ratu), where we were gathering to celebrate the 30th Birthday of Miss Jessica McCleod.
Knowledge of our accommodation, the famed ...